The Roaming Romantics

We started the day with a great breakfast at the hostel.  Eggs, French toast, sausage, coffee and juice. Today was a short day, just 10 miles or so into Pearisburg to resupply. Trail was still pretty rocky though, and made for some rough trekking. The tree line opened...

Started the day a little late leaving Pearisburg around 10:30. The trail would be full of different scenery today. After leaving town it started off full of green vegetation and wildflowers that covered the forest floor carpet. Once I started climbing back into the...

After zip lining back across the stream we hit the trail again. Everyone kind of spread out at their own pace, though we would see each other throughout the day. Saw/heard chipmunks all over the forest floor for the first couple hours of the day.  It was nice to see...

Started off the day passing by the Keffer Oak, the largest tree in the south. Over 18ft wide trunk! Its branches were thicker than most trees we have seen so far. It was hard to get a really good picture that really gives a sense of the tree’s massive size. The Oak...

Today was a 25 mile day full of great views and a lot of wildlife. Started off the day by taking the Dragon Wagon from the Four Pines Hostel, back to the trail. The trail started with a nice section along a stream before crossing through an active pasture As we...

After the long day/night, I decided to take a zero to rest and resupply in Dalesville. Started off the morning  by destroying the free breakfast at the hotel. Laundry was next on the list before running out to town to resupply. I stopped at the outfitters first to get...

After doing some more damage to the hotels all you can eat breakfast, I headed back out on the trail. It started as a nice day, full of greenery (still can’t get over how fast the forest turned!) But within the first hour, rain and fog rolled in and would stay all...

Woke up to warmer temperatures and alot of fog. Most of the fog was below me though and made for some incredible views. I noticed a listing in the guidebook for a campground (Middle Creek campground) a short distance from the trail and hitched a ride over around lunch...

Started the day with a climb up Apple Orchard Mountain. At over four thousand feet, it was the highest climb I have had in a couple weeks. At the top was a radar station. From there, the trail wound down through the Thunder Ridge Wilderness. Immediately “Thunderstruck...

With rain in the forecast all day, I decided to hike back to Glascow and make it a resupply day. On the hike back I met a turtle! (He was a little camera shy though)